Antique Boot-shaped Pin Cushion or Whimsy with Pinwork Detail Racine Washington Light staining/foxing and browning &

Light staining/foxing and browning & bleeding of what I would guess was once black ink

and otherwise in very good antique condition

Pretty great

I really love his baby blue and white painted sailor's outfit

Nothing extraneous

Antique Boot-shaped Pin Cushion or Whimsy with Pinwork Detail Racine Washington Light staining/foxing and browning &Ive been eyeing the decorative use of stickpins on old pin cushions and other little things of late, so was thrilled to find this wonderful little boot, with painstakingly executed stickpin border all around, and a couple of tiny tassels at top to boot (ha!) Down the front toe of the boot the pins punctuate embroidered laces; on the rest of the perimeter they run down the center of carefully done edge stitching. Some loss fraying of what I think is